S. 674: Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-10 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act

Plain summary

Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act This bill provides annual funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen core public health infrastructure. Core public health infrastructure includes the elements and workforce capabilities that enable health departments to perform critical functions such as disease surveillance and emergency response. Specifically, the CDC must award grants to health departments for their core infrastructure needs. In addition, the CDC must support the development of accreditation standards for health departments that emphasize core public health infrastructure. Health departments must meet those (or similar) standards as a condition of receiving grants beginning in FY2025. The CDC must also take steps to expand and improve its own public health infrastructure.

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Official text

Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · 20 cosponsors

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Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] reported raising $3.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s674.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s674 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117